Towel rack



0- H. EGGERT.

TOWEL RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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Be it known that I, OTTO H. EGGERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new useful 1mprovements in Towel Racks, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to racks designed for holding a pluralityof'towels in position for use so that as each towel is used it may beswung back to expose. a clean one.

The invention has for its object to provide a very simple and handy rackor support of the kind stated, together with means for locking thetowels to prevent theft or unauthorized removal.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and inorder that the same may be better understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe towelclamping jaws of the device, and Fig. 3 is an enlargedcross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes two parallel andlaterally spaced bracket arms having at their inner ends a base portion6 connected by a horizontal cross bar 7. The base portions of thebracket arms have perforated ears 8 for screws or other fastenerswhereby they are attached to a wall or other support.

The bracket arms 5 extend downwardly and forwardly from the baseportions 6, and at its outer end, one of the arms has a bearing aperture9, whereas the other arm has at its outer end a top bearing recess 10.The

bracket arms are designed to carry a towel supporting cross bar 11 oneend of said bar being reduced and seating in the aperture 9 and theother end being also reduced and seating in the recess 10.

Associated with the towel-supporting bar 11 is a parallel extendingclamping bar 12 which is positioned above the former. The ends of thebar 12 are reduced to seat in the aperture 9 and the recess 10. Thereduced ends of the bars 11 and 12 are semi-circular in cross-section,so that when said bars are Specification of Let ers Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922..

1921. Serial No. 470,759.

assembled, said assembled ends are circular cross-section. Both bars areT-shaped in cross-section to assure rigidity, the webs be.- ing on theback of the bars. The bar 11 is secured to the arms 5 by screws 13passing into its reduced ends. The bar 12 is detachable from the bar 11one end being first inserted into the aperture 9 after which the bar islowered to seat its other reduced end in the recess 10. The towels showndotted in Fig. 3 are hung on the bar 11 before the bar 12 is applied,and after applying said bar and locking the same the towels are securelyheld to prevent their theft or unauthorized removal.

To lock the bars 11 and 12 together for the purpose stated, the shackle14 of a padlock 15 is slipped around the same at one enc.

The bunch of towels hangs from the middle, and when a section has beenused it can be swung over to the rear, leaving a. clean section for thenext user.

The bars 11 and 12 form two jaws between which the towels are. held, thebar 11 being a stationary jaw and the bar 12 a movable jaw, and toobtain a better hold, they may have their gripping faces provided withrounded teeth 16 to clinch the towels and prevent slippage.

When all the towels have been used, they can be released and removed forthe insertion of another supply, by unlocking the bar 12 and swingingthe same upwardly away from the bar 11.

The towel-supporting cross bar 11 is spaced from the clamping bar 12except at its ends, said ends being offset inwardly toward the clampingbar, as shown in Fig. 2, for engagement by the clamping bar. The offsetat one end of the bar 11 projects from the bearing recess 10 asufficient distance to permit the shackle 14 of the padlock to be placedaround said projecting end portion and the contiguous end portion of theclamping bar 12.

I claim:

A towel-rack comprising a pair of laterally spaced bracket arms havingattaching means at their inner ends and bearings at their outer ends,the bearings of one of the arms being open, a towel-supporting cross barsupported and secured at its ends in said bearings, a towel-clamping barextending peraiiei to the supporting her, said sup porting her beingspaced intermediate its ends from the clamping bar and having endportions which are ofl'set inwardly toward the clamping bar forengagement thereby, said clamping bar seating removably in-the bearings,and the, offset end portion of the supporting bar which seats in theopen hearing projecting from said bearing, and a lock applied aroundsaid projecting offset end portion and the contiguous end portion of theclamping bar.

In. testimony whereof I effix my signature.

I OTTO H. EGGERT.

